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单词 undemocratic
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Definition of undemocratic in English:

undemocratic

adjectiveˌʌndɛməˈkratɪkˌənˌdɛməˈkrædɪk
  • Not relating or according to democratic principles.

    an undemocratic regime
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The premier later told reporters that a referendum election is undemocratic and may be illegal.
    • All I can add is that I feel increasingly desperate and depressed about our increasingly undemocratic society.
    • This divide and rule policy has been as crudely mercenary as it has been undemocratic.
    • Strengthening the hand of undemocratic regimes may be unavoidable in the short term.
    • When a democratic election results in an undemocratic outcome, it's time to reflect.
    • Councillors have been attacked for being undemocratic over their decision to close a secondary school.
    • Detaining people in a prison for three months before charging them is a sign of a completely undemocratic society.
    • This is partly because of the increasing recognition of the undemocratic and corrosive effects of secrecy.
    • There is a growing perception that the decision-making is remote, opaque, and even undemocratic.
    • If these elections had taken place anywhere else in the world they would have been denounced as undemocratic and unfair.
    • The new system operates as a quango and is therefore undemocratic.
    • The anti-monarchy lobby insist that the monarch is a burden on the taxpayer and undemocratic.
    • It's not just the fact that they're unelected that makes it undemocratic, but the way they are put there.
    • In this warped environment, an undemocratic opposition movement was born.
    • This being the case, then it would seem to me to be undemocratic for unions and Government to join forces in preventing them from doing so.
    • The move was denounced by human rights organisations as racist, undemocratic and discriminatory.
    • Doctors are contesting the regulations as undemocratic, arbitrary and Draconian.
    • The member who just preceded me said that this is an undemocratic bill.
    • The undemocratic character of the meeting was further underscored by the manner in which it was called.
    • This is a war that would be as immoral as it would be illegal and undemocratic.
    Synonyms
    autocratic, dictatorial, totalitarian, despotic, tyrannical, autarchic, draconian, absolute, arbitrary, oppressive, repressive, illiberal, anti-democratic

Derivatives

  • undemocratically

  • adverbˌʌndɛməˈkratɪkliˌənˌdɛməˈkrædɪk(ə)li
    • It is difficult for us to preach democracy on the one hand when acting undemocratically - if not illegally - on the other.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They had controlled the unions undemocratically.
      • Party militants who have resisted these policies have been undemocratically repressed and expelled.
      • It had imposed artificial boundaries, undemocratically imposed rulers, and divided people who spoke the same language from one another.
      • The town council has acted undemocratically and I call upon them to address this issue when planning public meetings in the future.
 
 

Definition of undemocratic in US English:

undemocratic

adjectiveˌənˌdeməˈkradikˌənˌdɛməˈkrædɪk
  • Not relating or according to democratic principles.

    an undemocratic regime
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The new system operates as a quango and is therefore undemocratic.
    • All I can add is that I feel increasingly desperate and depressed about our increasingly undemocratic society.
    • The anti-monarchy lobby insist that the monarch is a burden on the taxpayer and undemocratic.
    • This is a war that would be as immoral as it would be illegal and undemocratic.
    • Councillors have been attacked for being undemocratic over their decision to close a secondary school.
    • The member who just preceded me said that this is an undemocratic bill.
    • When a democratic election results in an undemocratic outcome, it's time to reflect.
    • This is partly because of the increasing recognition of the undemocratic and corrosive effects of secrecy.
    • This being the case, then it would seem to me to be undemocratic for unions and Government to join forces in preventing them from doing so.
    • There is a growing perception that the decision-making is remote, opaque, and even undemocratic.
    • The premier later told reporters that a referendum election is undemocratic and may be illegal.
    • The undemocratic character of the meeting was further underscored by the manner in which it was called.
    • Strengthening the hand of undemocratic regimes may be unavoidable in the short term.
    • Detaining people in a prison for three months before charging them is a sign of a completely undemocratic society.
    • If these elections had taken place anywhere else in the world they would have been denounced as undemocratic and unfair.
    • In this warped environment, an undemocratic opposition movement was born.
    • It's not just the fact that they're unelected that makes it undemocratic, but the way they are put there.
    • This divide and rule policy has been as crudely mercenary as it has been undemocratic.
    • Doctors are contesting the regulations as undemocratic, arbitrary and Draconian.
    • The move was denounced by human rights organisations as racist, undemocratic and discriminatory.
    Synonyms
    autocratic, dictatorial, totalitarian, despotic, tyrannical, autarchic, draconian, absolute, arbitrary, oppressive, repressive, illiberal, anti-democratic
 
 
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